Richard Ladislaus Heschl (; July 5, 1824, in Welsdorf bei Fürstenfeld, Steiermark – May 26, 1881, in Vienna) was an Austrian anatomist. Biography In 1849 he received his medical doctorate from the University of Vienna, where in 1850 he became a "first assistant" to Carl von Rokitansky (1804-1878). In 1854 he was appointed professor of anatomy at the medical-surgical school in Olomouc, and during the following year became a professor of pathological anatomy in Krakow. In 1861 he became a professor at the medical-surgical school at Graz (from 1863 a full professor), serving as university rector in 1864–65. In 1875, he returned to the University of Vienna. After his death, his position at Vienna was filled by Hans Kundrat (1845-1893). Heschl is credited as the first physician to describe the transverse temporal gyrus or "Heschl's gyrus", located in the primary auditory cortex. This anatomical structure processes incoming auditory information. Literary works Compendium der allgemeinen und speziellen pathologischen Anatomie, (1855) - Compendium of general and special pathological anatomy. Sectionstechnik, (1859) Über die vordere quere Schläfenwindung, (1878) - On the front transverse temporal gyrus. References Parts of this article are based on a translation of an equivalent article at the German Wikipedia, namely Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Band 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1959, S. 302 f. (Direktlinks auf S. 302, S. 303). External links Fasthealth.com Kallmann syndrome @ Who Named It AEIOU biographical information at AEIOU Encyclopedia See also Friedrich Albert von Zenker () Baronet Sir William Osler (), Osler's triad 19th-century Austrian people Austrian anatomists People from Fürstenfeld District 1824 births 1881 deaths Academic staff of the University of Graz Academic staff of the University of Vienna Rectors of universities in Austria